Choose your own Republican debate criteria

Thanks to CNN’s amended debate rules, Carly Fiorina will
almost certainly appear in the Sept. 16 Republican debate.
See for yourself how much power the news networks wield by
deciding the qualifying criteria for their debates.
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1. Choose polling methods to include

Polls conducted via live telephone interview
are more expensive but can capture more
reliable results.

Live phone

Automated phone

Internet

Combination

2. Choose populations to draw from

Some pollsters warn that predicting “likely
voters” far from Election Day is difficult and
can affect a poll’s results.

Likely voters - Republican

Adults - Republicans

Registered Republicans

3. Choose how many polls to include

Include the most recent
polls.

Include polls since July 16.

Include polls since the last debate (Aug. 6).

4. Choose where the candidate cutoff is

Limit debate to
candidates.

Include all candidates averaging at least
points.

See your debate lineup

Note: Polling data current as of Sept. 3. Poll
dates are determined by using the last day in the
field – which is not necessarily the day the poll
was released to the public.
Source: Huffington Post Pollster